View From The Cape

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 37 species Species Count Mourning Dove 6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Laughing Gull 2 Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Double-crested Cormorant 12 Osprey 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 2…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 76°F Winds: W 2mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy, humid 47 species Species Count Canada Goose 60 Mute Swan 30 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 82 Black Scoter 4 Mourning Dove 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Killdeer 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Greater/Lesser…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, John McElroy Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Impressive Eastern Kingbird show! Good numbers of Tree Swallows. Lots of American Redstarts including one adult male. Also, Black-and-white warbler and a surprise Blue-winged Warbler! 33 species Species Count Wood Duck 3 Mallard 4 Rock…...

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 25 species Species Count Mourning Dove 22 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Laughing Gull 61 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Egret 1 Osprey 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 5 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tree Swallow…...

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 75°F Winds: 0-2mph Weather Conditions: cloudy 34 species Species Count Mute Swan 31 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 35 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 7 Least Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Laughing Gull 20 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 18 Least Tern 4…...

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker, Chris Dewaghe, Gerry Dewaghe Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 40 species Species Count Canada Goose 31 Mallard 11 Mourning Dove 42 Sora 1 American Oystercatcher 4 Semipalmated Plover 1 Sanderling 12 Least Sandpiper 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper 38 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 10…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Carrie Bell Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Hazy. Humid. But some great birds! Highlights included Brown Pelican, Prairie Warbler, and several Black Terns in a mixed feeding flock with Common, Forster’s and Least Terns. Great comparison views! 47 species Species Count Canada Goose 37 Mallard 14 Mourning Dove…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 78°F Winds: NW 5-15mph Weather Conditions: sunny The State Park was very birdy this morning with flocks of American Redstarts, Black-and-white and Prairie Warblers, and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers scattered throughout. But perhaps the most interesting thing we saw was an encounter between an Eastern cicada…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Sharon Meeker Temp: 78°F Winds: E 5mph Weather Conditions: cloudy 50 species Species Count Canada Goose 35 Mute Swan 28 Wood Duck 7 Mallard 42 Mourning Dove 35 Chimney Swift 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 American Oystercatcher 3 Killdeer 3 Sanderling 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Laughing…...